

cuC UL US CAR OL. INIE NSIS. 
The — of © roline. 


=e ie the fize of a Blackbird: the 
| Bill a little hooked and harp; the 
upper ‘Mandible black, the under, 
yellow: the large Wing-feathers red- 
: _difh; the reft of the Wing, and all 
the upper part of the Body, Head and Neck, 
afh-colour: all the under part of the Body, from 
the Bill to the Tail, white: the Tail long and 
narrow, compofed of fix long and four fhorter fea- 
thers; the two middlemoft afh-colour, the reft black, 

with their ends white: their Legs fhort and ftron, 
having two back-toes, and two before. Their Note 
iS very different from ours, and not fo remarkable 
.to be taken notice of It is a folitary Bird, fre- 
quenting the darkeft recefles of woods and fhady 
ee _ They a at the aun of winter. 
 CaStanea puna Virginiana, frutiu 
echinatis unico. 
The Cuink aPin, 
‘JT is a Shrub which feldom grows higher than fixteen feet, 
. J and ufually not above eight or ten : the Body commonly eight 
_ or ten inches thick, and irregular; the Bark rough and {caly ; 
_ the Leaves are ferrated, and grow alternately, of a dark green, 
their back-fides being of a greenifh ‘white : at the joints of the 
leaves {hoot forth‘long {pikes of whitith flowers, like thofe of the 
common Chefnut, which are fucceeded by Nuts of a conick 
fhape, and the fize of a Hafel-nut ; the Shell which inclofes the 
Kernel, is of the colour and confiftence of that of a Chefnut, — 
inclofed j ia prickly, burr, ufually five or fix hanging’ ir ina chi- 
Aer, as hey are ripe in September. 
lay them ee -in.ftore. 
C ee, fe 
| Chan de la Caroline. 
z= VET On cf? a peu prés de la aE 
; feur d'un merle. Il a le bec un peu 

\] eure notre, Pinferieure jaune; les 
ee | grandes plumes de Vaile rougeatres, le 
a 
- reffe de l'aile 1S tout le ban du COrpsy | 
la téte 9 le ‘ol de couleur de cendre; tout le deffous 
du corps depuis le bec-qufqua la queue of blanc; la queue 
longue © étrorte, compofée de fix longues plumes 9 de 
quatre courtes, les deux -du wmulieu font de couleur 
de cendre, les autres font nowes 9 leur eff bout blanc: 
les jambes de ces oifeaux font courtes 9 fortes, ils ont — 
quatre doigts, deux devant 19 deux derriere : leur chant 
. eft tres different de celui de ‘nos coucous, mais i weft 
pas afjes remarquable poue quon y faffe attention, C” Gt 
un orfeau folitaire qui fe tient ordinairement dans les 
endrotts les plus fombres des bois & dans les ee | 
Ll i vetive a eee de Phiver. 
vacemato parvo int fi ingulis ah ule 
Es Banitter. . 
Chinn 
Cer un arbriffeau qui a. rarement de ‘fise pies de haut, 
& qui wen a ordinairement que buit ou dix; il a buit ou 
ES pouces dépaiffeur & cro dune mamere fort irreguliere. 
Il a Pécorce raboteufe & écaillée. Les feiiilles font dentelées 
dun verd foncé, le revers dun blanc verdatre, croifjent al-. 
ternativement ; de laiffelle des feuilles fortent a longues pointes a 
de fleurs blanchdtres comme celles des chataignes ordinaires a quoy — 
fuccedent des noix d'une figure conique & de la groffeur dune - 
noifette ; la _cogue qui renferme lamande, eft de la méme couleur 
& de la méme confiftence que celles dune chataigne qui eft ren-_ : 
Sermée dans la gouffe. Il y en a ordinatrement cing ou fix qut 
~ pendent en un peloton. Elles font meures en Septembre. 
“Thefe Nuts are fweet, and more pleafant than the Chefnut; - 
%me.of great ufe to the Indians, who for their Winter’s provifion 
Ces noix font douces & plus agréables que les chataignes; & 
font @un grand ufage aux Indiens qui en is leur ee vf on a 
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